Christensen Mesa FFT off to a bad start.

R7RMag

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Mine is packed and ready to ship back so I hope my results are the same. They were extremely helpful on the phone but none the less a PIA for a $1500 rifle that won't group.
If the only problem you’re having is accuracy, try some heavier bullets. I could only get 2 out of 8 different rounds to group well and they were the heaviest bullets I could get (Norma bondstrike and Berger hybrid) without paying for custom loads at $90 a box. Also, I’ve heard that if they can get sub moa accuracy with ANY round, regardless if it’s something you’d want to use for hunting or not, they send the rifle back without doing a bit of work on it and charge you $200 for wasting their time plus shipping costs.
 

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If the only problem you’re having is accuracy, try some heavier bullets. I could only get 2 out of 8 different rounds to group well and they were the heaviest bullets I could get (Norma bondstrike and Berger hybrid) without paying for custom loads at $90 a box. Also, I’ve heard that if they can get sub moa accuracy with ANY round, regardless if it’s something you’d want to use for hunting or not, they send the rifle back without doing a bit of work on it and charge you $200 for wasting their time plus shipping costs.
I tried 4-factory (165-180gr) offerings and 2-powders HL's (H4831, H1000), so they need to look at it. I do not want a rifle that only shoots 1-load. Hell, I would have been happy if it at least was consistent.
 

R7RMag

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I tried 4-factory (165-180gr) offerings and 2-powders HL's (H4831, H1000), so they need to look at it. I do not want a rifle that only shoots 1-load. Hell, I would have been happy if it at least was consistent.
Yeah, I agree. Just hope they actually do something to fix the problem instead of denying there is a problem and then charging you for it. My next step, if the bondstrike’s didn’t group well, was going to be a glass bedding job. Which I still may do. If I had it to do over, I would not buy a Christensen again. If you get the rifle back from them with the issues fixed and you happen to remember, let me know. Maybe I’ll send mine in too.
 
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